Never Say “Never” if the Universe is Listening

I’ve had people ask me if I use the Law of Attraction. It’s kind of like asking if I “use” the laws of physics, isn’t it? Anything that is a universal law applies universally whether we are aware of “using” it or not.

I don’t get to say “I don’t believe in the law of gravity, and I’m not going to use it.”

Well, I get to say it, but I’m going to have a hard time proving it. (Richard Bach, author of such best-sellers as “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” and “Illusions; Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” gave me a fantastic - and hilarious - analogy for that in my dialog with him, but that’s a story for another post.)

So if the Law of Attraction is one of those universal laws, then I “use” it in the same way I “use” the law of gravity - it affects my outcomes every second of my life. I either use it mindfully to my advantage, or I ignore it and it rises up to slap me silly every now and again.

I spoke at an event. That, in and of itself, wasn’t unusual. But this one was that “straw-that-sparked-the-shot-that-was-heard-around-the-world” kind of experience.

I was sitting down with my inner circle mastermind group (if I took a detour to tell you how incredible, unbelievable, amazing… ok, I won’t take that detour right now) and I started making a list of all the things I find frustrating about most conferences that are offered to entrepreneurs.

When I finally took a breath, one of the group (if I ever remember which one that was there WILL be consequences!) said, “So when are you doing your event?”

Lungs fill of oxygen, heart full of indignation, I said, “Oh, I’ll never do an event, but if I DID…” And I went on to describe in glowing detail the kind of event I would want to be part of.

I was eloquent, I was engaged, I was (remember this, it’s important) I was EMOTIONAL. I wanted SOMEBODY to make this event happen so I could be part of it, even just to be in the audience.

I was DETAILED (also important) about what the event would (and would not) include, the experience the participants would have and the outcomes they would achieve before they left.

I could SEE me (you guessed it, also important) at this dream event. Hugging people, listening to people share their stories, their dreams, their wisdom. Laughing with joy at all the “ah ha moments.” Crying… Nope, I didn’t see myself crying. But you get the picture - I was INTO it!

When I came up for air again every one of my friends, mentors, mastermind members (and sometime tormentors) was grinning from ear to ear and again one of them said, “So, when are you doing your event?”

Now that plans for Dynamite Live are coming together, excitement is building and registrations are coming in, I realize that I threw down a gauntlet to the Universe and the Universe laughingly took the challenge.

First, our minds don’t understand negatives. The famous example of “Don’t think of a blue elephant” comes to mind. (Did you really read that without picturing, even fleetingly, a blue elephant?) So when I said “I’ll never do an event” my mind heard “Do an event.”

The Universe must have added “do an event” to my Stratospheric Success Map right then. And all those details I painted were, to the Universe, one big “to-do” list.

Second, in “Manifesting Change” Mike Dooley references one of the aspects of the Law of Attraction that is pretty much universally accepted, “Emotion is the turbocharger of change; our emotions supercharge the thoughts associated with them.”

So I may not have been attaching emotion to the thought of my doing my own event, but I was extremely emotionally bonded with the kind of event I wanted to be part of. Clearly, the Universe thought that was close enough.

Third, I put myself in the picture. Not as the event planner and host, but I was definitely “all in!”

The real clencher though, was when my coach, mastermind partner, dear friend and soul sister, Manifestation Maven, Kimberly Schneider, fed my own words back to me. (The Universe is not above using your dearest friends and dealing a low blow now and again.)

I had shared with her a story of a client who burst into tears literally 15 minutes into our first session because when she shared with me that she was frustrated at the lack of fellowship and support groups for her profession I said, “Sometimes when we cannot find what we need it is because it is given to us to create it.”

That’s exactly what Kimberly quoted back to me, in her gentle, uplifting voice, “Sometimes when we cannot find what we need it is because it is given to us to create it.”

There was dead silence. I think they were all holding their breaths to see if I would cry. Instead I laughed. What else could I do?

What I chose to do was to rise to that challenge. The Universe, Source, God, Destiny, Highest Right… whatever you call that inner voice that guides us when we cannot see our way spoke to me in my own words almost two years ago; now it’s time to live by them.

You’ll notice I’ve listed three tips for “using” the Law of Attraction. I don’t teach manifestation or the Law of Attraction - I’ll leave that to Kimberly. She’ll be presenting material from her new book, “Everything You Need is Right Here” at Dynamite Live so direct those questions to her.

But I do “use” the Law of Attraction, just as surely as I use the laws of physics. And, unless I miss my guess, so do you.

Actually, I’m not a fan of “realistic.” I have had so many dreams come true in ways I could never have predicted because I refused to be realistic. I just keep moving in that direction even when I have to walk through brick walls to get there. Feels like pure stupidity sometimes, but I don’t feel stupid when I open my eyes and I’m on the other side!

I SO LOVE this post and this topic. What an awesome illustration of just HOW the Law of Attraction works. It’s that emotional involvement that, as Mike Dooley points out, turbocharges all of it. And it responds to all emotion (positive and negative), so we do need to be on our game when it comes to tending to our thoughts. God doesn’t “judge” what we ask for with our thoughts and emotions; God just brings it on! It’s up to us what we are given. I believe it is also Mike Dooley who says “The Universe is Conspiring To Help You!” 🙂 I’ve watched you create another awesome opportunity which you became emotionally involved with~being the coach to the coaches. We are so fortunate that you had THAT desire and got emotionally involved with THAT idea and manifested THAT opportunity to manifest your dream AND help all of us Go-Giver Coaches manifest ours <3

I KNEW you’d love that quote from “Manifesting Change” Linda – it made me think of how often YOU have drawn my attention to the things that manifest when I’m emotionally “all in.” That’s just ONE of the beautiful things you bring to the teaching calls for the Go-Giver Coaches too – when you help others be aware of how they’re using their emotions to draw things into their lives. Can’t wait to launch our “Master Coach Certification” – I see your name on that list!

“Sometimes when we cannot find what we need it is because it is given to us to create it.”

And isn’t a mixed blessing to be able to take the ball and run with it? Not everyone recognizes or manifests a law of attraction even when it appears so obvious. It takes drive and dedication and a belief that we can do it…as long as we have the support we need.

Dynamite Live is a catalyst that began with a yearning desire to create positive action through sharing and collaboration. An event of this magnitude isn’t easy to put together, but the time couldn’t be more right. Thanks for having the courage to go for it Dixie!

Dixie it was so much fun reading this story and remembering how the Dynamite Live Event unfolded for you! I’m delighted to have been part of it from the beginning and I can’t wait to watch what the participants create as they begin to put their dreams in to action at your Dynamite Live Event!

OUR Dynamite Live event! It may have my “name” on it, but this baby has lots of parents. The spirit is going to breed like bunnies – can’t want to see what all that partnering is going to do for people and their businesses!